December 31 in rail transport
- December 31 in rail transport
Events
19th century
* 1887 – Spokane International Railroad begins operations.
20th century
* 1932 – The last steam-powered "Southern Belle" passenger train operates on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway; the train's equipment will be replaced with electric multiple unit cars the next day.
* 1965 – The last day of operation for the Bergen Tramway in Bergen, Norway before the tramway is permanently closed. [cite book |last=Aspenberg |first=Nils Carl |title=På meterspor i Nidaros |year=1995 |publisher=Baneforlaget |location=Oslo |pages=6]
* 1968 – Penn Central's purchase of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad is completed.
* 1978 – The Rock Island Railroad operates its last passenger trains, the "Peorian" and a Chicago to Rock Island train.
* 1981 – The Colorado and Southern Railway, Denver and New Orleans Railroad and Fort Worth and Denver Railway are merged into Burlington Northern Railroad.
* 1990 – Minsk Metro's Avtozavodskaya Line opens between Traktornyi Zavod and Frunzenskaya.
* 1994 – Burlington Northern Railroad operates the last freight train on the former Oregon Electric Railway mainline in Portland, Oregon; the mainline is to become part of the new Tri-Met light rail system.
* 1998 – GE delivers the first AC6000CW diesel-electric locomotive.
21st century
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